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MAUTIC RELEASES Mautic 7.0 Release Candidate “Columba” https://mautic.org/blog/welcome-to-mautic-7-0-release-candidate-columba-edition/ Security releases with critical severity (CVSS score 9) https://github.com/mautic/mautic/security/advisories and https://www.cvedetails.com/vulnerability-list/vendor_id-16465/year-2025/Mautic.html 3RD-PARTY & PLUGINS Frédéric Wouters: Mautic Email RSS Plus Bundle (Mautic 4/5) https://github.com/woutersf/MauticEmailRssPlusBundle Frédéric Wouters: Unique Login Links bundle https://github.com/woutersf/mauticUliBundle Frédéric Wouters: GDPR role-based masking of sensitive personal data (PII) https://forum.mautic.org/t/masking-of-pii-data-in-mautic/36864 7Cats / WooCommerce: WordPress plugin bridging Mautic webhooks to WhatsApp Business API https://github.com/rcarabelli/7C-Mautic-Wordpress-Waba-Bridge and https://mautic.slack.com/archives/C02GEN0SG/p1758154187081719 FEATURES & IDEAS Wiesław Golec: PostgreSQL proof of concept https://forum.mautic.org/t/proof-of-concept-restoring-postgresql-support-for-mautic/36313/13 and https://community.mautic.org/processes/roadmap/f/4/proposals/200 Frédéric Wouters: Email sending in waves https://forum.mautic.org/t/send-out-emails-in-waves/36434 Frédéric Wouters: Data aggregation functionality and alternatives via n8n https://forum.mautic.org/t/data-aggregation-functionality-in-mautic/36435 Mautic editor and builder improvements including GrapesJS and CKEditor https://forum.mautic.org/t/lets-make-the-builder-much-better-incl-grapesjs-and-ckeditor/37005 Mautic Campaign Library: https://mautic.org/blog/mautics-campaign-library-initiative-phase-2-funded-by-nlnet-and-the-european-commission/ Mautic AI initiative with Lukas Siegel as initiative lead https://mautic.slack.com/archives/C08RQBCGLCE COMMUNITY & EVENTS Mautic General Assembly on January 21, 2026, including budget deficit discussion and the need for increased corporate memberships https://community.mautic.org/assemblies/general-assembly/f/20/meetings/364 and https://mautic.org/blog/introducing-global-pricing-to-make-mautic-security-and-membership-accessible-worldwide/ Mautic Ambassador program for country, regional, and university-level contributors https://mautic.org/become-a-mautic-ambassador/ and https://mautic.org/blog/launching-mautic-ambassador-program-first-country-regional-level-ambassadors/ Mautic Conferences 2025–2026 and experimental “Mautic World Conference” format with London and online components https://www.youtube.com/@MauticOrg/playlists and https://mautic.slack.com/archives/C8B89CLSF/p1764719132683359